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Paper 2 mini mock: CrimeTEXT A: The following letter was published in The Times on March 5th, 1850. Sir, - As The Times is always open for the insertion of any remarks likely to caution the unwary or to put the unsuspecting on their guard against the numerous thefts and robberies committed daily in the streets of London, I am induced to ask you to insert a case which happened on Saturday last, and which I trust may serve as a warning to those of your lady readers who still carry purses in their pockets. A young lady (and, as the police reports add,) of very prepossessing appearance, a relation of the narrator's, was walking between 12 and 1 o'clock with another young lady, a friend of hers, in Albany-street, where she resides, when she was accosted by a boy about 11 years of age, who asked her in the most beseeching tones "to buy a few oranges of a poor orphan who hadn't a bit of bread to eat." She told him to go away, but he kept alongside, imploring assistance, and making some cutting remarks about "the ingratitude of the world in general and of young ladies in particular." As his manner became very troublesome the lady threatened to give him in charge of a policeman, and looked down every area to find one; but there was not one even there, and the boy kept up his sweet discourse and slight pushes alternately (the latter with the basket on which he carried his oranges), until the lady reached her own door-step. It then occurred to her that in the boy's ardour to sell his oranges he might have taken her purse; her friend thought so too. A trembling hand was inserted into the pocket; the purse was gone, and so was the lady's happiness. She flew after the thief, who, knowing young ladies were not made for running, coolly deposited his basket on a door-step a little way off and ran away whistling. This brave young lady ran also, shouting "Stop thief! stop thief!" (but then young ladies are not made for shouting, God forbid!) and she looked in the fond hope that a policeman might be found. But no such luck, the culprit got safely off with the purse and its contents; and no kind passer by tried to help the young lady, who was thus shamefully duped and robbed. Ladies, young and old, never carry your purses in your pockets; beware of canting beggars, and beggars of all sorts, that infest the streets; and, above all, keep a watchful eye about you and give the widest possible berth to THE ORANGE BOY TEXT B: ‘Modern day Fagin who forced gang of migrant child pickpockets to steal from Brit tourists’ – Article from The Sun Newspaper (2006)A MODERN-day 'Fagin' who forced a gang of child pickpockets to steal from British tourists in Spain has been arrested. Cops say the gang leader, named locally as Hasim Sejdic, 44, sent out an army of workers every morning to find victims like the Charles Dickens character in Oliver Twist. Nine girls living in slum-like conditions were discovered during a raid on one of the properties used by the gang. Bosnian Sejdic was one of 16 people held in Barcelona during an operation involving local police in the Catalan capital, Spanish National Police and Europe. Officers believe the Fagin figure’s area of operations extended across Spain as well as the south of France. A spokesman for Spain’s National Police said: “The 16 people held in Barcelona are suspected of forcing women that came from Bosnia, including several minors, to work as pickpockets in Spanish tourist areas and on public transport. The organisation, composed of different family groups, traded the youngsters, exchanging them and transferring them to different cities for around 5,000 euros. In one of the searches in Barcelona nine minors who weren’t being schooled were found living in awful conditions.” A statement from the force added: “They were taught how to steal from victims and smuggled into Spain with fake ID. The clan based principally in Barcelona was organised around the figure of a patriarch who directed operations in the whole of Spain and the south of France. Underneath the patriarch, a perfectly structured organisation existed with female and male lieutenants.” QuestionsQ2 – 2 marks – TEXT AGive one example from lines 1-8 which shows that criminal acts were happening regularly and explain what the affect is. Q6 – 15 marks TEXT BIn this extract the writer attempts to show how widespread the criminal gang was operating, Evaluate how successfully this is achieved.Q7A – 6 marks – BOTH TEXTSWhat are the similarities between the criminals and the crimes they committed in each text? Q7B – 14 marks – BOTH TEXTSCompare how the writers convey their attitudes to crime in each text.Q3 – 15 marks – TEXT AIn Text A, how does the author use language and structure to describe the incident of the crime?Q5 – 1 mark – TEXT B“He sent out an army of workers every morning”In this example, how does the writer use language to show how the gang leader used the children?-61084-2589Q8 – 40 marks – TRANSACTIONAL WRITINGWrite a letter to the Government giving your views as to how they can reduce crime in your local area.00Q8 – 40 marks – TRANSACTIONAL WRITINGWrite a letter to the Government giving your views as to how they can reduce crime in your local area. ................
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